Saturday, September 5, 2009

Other Shoes

Well, Roy and Emily F are in my group. We couldn't decide what to do in the beginning, but we are now impersonating a mentally disabled child/teen. Emily will be the disabled one and i will be her 'older sister'. Emily will dress oddly with tube socks, tennis shoes, sweatpants, and a mis-matched shirt. Roy will be our recorder as we travel. We will go to Wal-Mart on 6th Street and also McDonald's. We are not going to the close stores b/c we are afraid there will be someone there who recognize us. Emily will not say anything really b/c she is 'slow'. I will hold her hand the whole time.
I predict that Emily and I will get a lot of looks. I hope that we will not have a horrible experience. We hope that we will learn what it is like to be singled out and different.
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11 comments:

  1. singer15♫♥September 6, 2009 at 3:19 PM

    the people at walmart might not stare...they might be used to that kind of person...???

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  2. antwan randall L.September 6, 2009 at 4:26 PM

    This is Matt Randall. I belive that this project is very insightfull. My step mother used to work at a public resources office in wich she worked with mentaly disabled people.

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  3. Mr. TSeptember 6, 2009 at 8:05 PM

    I hope that this turns out how you want it to. I think the more seriously you take it, the better the result will be. With any of these projects, there is always the potential to come off as offense, and that is not the intent or nature of this experiment. Hopefully all goes well. - Toland

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  4. Hana ThixtonSeptember 7, 2009 at 8:24 AM

    This sounds like a very solid plan to go out with, Claire! I would personally tell Roy to use his iPhone to record because a notebook or journal will stick out. I used my cellphone and no one suspected anything fishy :)

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  5. NealSeptember 7, 2009 at 10:07 AM

    Sounds like a great idea! We went mini golfing when I was blind so josh had a pen and some paper and no one suspected a thing. I hope all went well with your project!

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  6. RoxySeptember 7, 2009 at 5:50 PM

    Hey Claire. I hope that this works out and im interested to see what people are going to do and say. So good luck.

    Roxy

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  7. Wamp's BlogSeptember 7, 2009 at 6:36 PM

    i like your idea a lot. cant wait to hear about it in class

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  8. XbSeeMohrrr9:-DSeptember 7, 2009 at 8:46 PM

    uhmm.... well i guess as long as you dont see any mentally disabled kids that it would be a good project.
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  9. missy jagoSeptember 8, 2009 at 8:30 AM

    i'm giving you guys major props. i know that it would be pretty tough for me to do that...

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  10. ChelseaSeptember 8, 2009 at 9:32 AM

    I dont think I would be able to do that! I would most likely laugh. Hope it went well!

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  11. AnonymousSeptember 8, 2009 at 1:30 PM

    i think this idea will work! im excited to hear the outcome! good luck guys ! =)

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